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About St Mary’s, Kincasslagh
St Mary’s, Kincasslagh was built around 1825. It has a T-shaped plan with a two-bay nave and rendered walls under a pitched slate roof. Notable features include stained glass including a rose window, mosaic work and a marble altar.
Architectural details from the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, © Government of Ireland, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Summarised by Christianity.ie.
History
St Mary's, at Belcruit, was the parish church of Lower Templecrone, as the parish was formerly known. At first the parish extended as far as the Crolly Bridge and took in Ranafast. The parish records the church as built in 1856.
A fire in the sacristy in 1927 badly damaged the church, and it reopened in 1929 after repairs. The baptismal registers for the years 1900 to 1927 were lost in the fire.
The shape of the parish changed considerably in 1895, when the Church of St Mary's Star of the Sea was built at Annagry. In 1899 St Columba's was built at Lackenagh, Burtonport as a second church in the parish.
The building
The church is cruciform in plan and has a gallery with a choir loft. The original altar, made of Italian marble, was adapted for the new liturgy after the Second Vatican Council and stands in the sanctuary.
The church was built on the seashore and is barely visible from the main road. The parish's own history explains the siting by the fact that at the time of building the beaches served as a common route between places, and the congregation came on foot.
Clergy
- Administrator Rev Vincent Finnegan
